Iron Mountain Fire

State: Colorado

Date of Request: 7/19/02

Date of Event: June 2, 2002

Contact E-mail: stuart.simpson@co.usda.gov

Contact FAX #: 720-544-2965

Name of Event:  Iron Mountain Fire

Type of Event: Wildfire

Location (County, Parish, Other) of Impairment:  

Cong Dist: 5 

• 4,436 Acres Burned
• 200 Acres - Public Land
• 4,236 Acres - Private Land
• 80 + Homes

Est. of Damages:
$528,000

Number of Sites Investigated:1

Number of DSR’s Prepared:1

Type of Work Planned & No. of Each Type:

• Seeding - 480 Acres
• Contour Scarification - 100 Acres
• Contour Sandbags/waffles - 125 Acres (25 sites @ 5 acres each)
• Channel Roughing Ephemeral Drainage - 5,000 Linear Feet
• Debris Collectors - 15

• Diversions - 2,000 Linear Feet
• Wire, Fabric , or Sandbag Barriers - 4,000 Linear Feet
• Hazard Tree Removal - 1,200 (10 per site @120 sites)

Number of Sites to be Repaired 1/:
1

Total Construction Cost for all Sites: 
$ 166,500

Total Financial Assistance Needed:
$ 124,900

Total Technical Assistance Needed
$ 34,000

Number of Persons Impacted:
30,000 (Canon City and subdivisions)

Number of Buildings Impacted:
80+

Number of Utilities Needing Protection:
3 - Canon City Water Diversion, DeWeese Dye Irrigation Diversion, Oil Creek Irrigation Diversion

Number of Roads Needing Protection:  
5 

REMARKS:
The potential exists for sediment and fire debris to drainage water supplies for domestic and irrigation systems of 2,000 acres.

Fremont County Commissioners have agreed to cover the 25% sponsor's share with $41,600.